The Ohio Democrat. (Logan, O. [Ohio]) 1886-1906, 1887-12-10
THE GARDEN OF EDEN.
a Methodist Bishop IntImates That It was
Located in south Carolina.

bOchteu IN south CnrOilnn.
| Now, suppose we bring Eden dowI
South, say as fur as Charleston, EN-
bracing the coast between the Sante,
and Savannah, with Its several river
and inlets. between the thirtieth ant
fortieth parallels Of latitude. We hav,
for 1t this much to say:
1. In and near the Cooper and th,
Ashley rivers there Is vast collectio,
OF the remains of the largest mammals
especially of their molars and vertcbre
Thesc are remarkable for their variety
very huge. very many, and evidentl,
OF many distinct species. We put thi.
against all solitary individuals as We
discovered in or near the Arctic re-
gions.
2. Besides those remains, which
from the amount of silica In them, have
resisted the action of time and acids
there are phosphate masses in which
these molars are imbedded. Probably
the large bones returned to their origi-
nal source. Then there are scattered
about small and large bowldcrs of the
phosphate OF lime, Indicating at q
greater depth mine of this mineral.
B. This shows that these animals
were not floated into this place by the
action OF sea currents, but were here
from the first. and found in the alluvial
plains around. and meadows filled with
dubious plants. and an exuberant flora,
their original habitat. Only region
supplying plants fed by heavy phos-
phate pabulum could support creatures
of such enormous bone.
4. AS these several species multi
Piled from single pair, masses of
Their remains would most probably
Indicate the place of their origin.
whether Bohemoth was made in Eden,
we know tkAt he was reviewed there.
and there named Adam. And the AL
mighty says, speaking to Job: BE
hold now Behemoth, which l made
with thee; he eateth grass like an OK"
These views, if correct are still
further strengthened by tho building
OF the ark. AS the race had not been
separated by dispersion or language, it
is to be supposed that Noah lived not
very far from the original home of
man.
The construction of vessel at that
time required the same conditions of
material and shape now essential in
naval architecture. Indeed, the dimen-
sions of the ark are now those of n
hrst-class sea steamer for freight, and
are the standard proportions in the En-
glish Admiralty Office. 1t was a long,
narrow vessel, evidently designed for
speed and long voyage. Had it been
made only to start from given point
and float about for one hundred and
lifty days and then ground at no great
distance from the point of departure,
it would have been shaped heavy and
square.
The timbers for such a vessel of
length OF over five hundred feet require
timber of continuous length and great
strength. The cypress was entirely
90 brittle for the purpose. Its keel
md ribs would require such wood as
he live oak. grown near the sea, used
% storms, and of grain running every
way, bearing equally well strain from
very direction. Large quantities of
bitch and tar would be required for
it heavily within and without.
The word gopher" means "pitch,"
pine" and it is probable that the
gopher wood was the wood of the long
eaf pine. need rot say that either
II the Carolinas could have furnished
he materials in abundance.
That the ark was built somewhat
inland for convenience of timber is
probable. Yet not very far, rs the
principal weight of its cargo was to be
,raminivorous stock, and large quanti-
les OF dried herbage. both of which were
o come from meadow lands.
The breaking up of the deep, etc., at
he time of the deluge, would not imply
necessarily any very great change in
he conformation of the continents. nor
n the sea currents. 1t would presently
trike the Gulf Stream. Floating on
hat sea current it would take a
lortherly direction until it reached the
ortieth parallel, and then would 20
ue east. and rs many helpless craft
ince, would come within sight of Spain
nd Africa. But those coasts being
ubmerged. there would be nothing to
effect the current, but it would pass
YER the plateaus of Spain. into the
leditcrranean, across the lower part
+ Greece. then over the plains of Asia
linor. and. still holding the same
arellel, strike Mount Ararat. The dis
lnce from Charleston to Mount Ararat
l3l degrees of latitude, says, ,515 miles.
he time the ark was on the water was
so days, or $500 hours. OF Cape
Iatteras the Gulf Stream has velocity
+ two miles I'M hour; this would leave
cry little to be overcome, if any thing,
hen we allow for the uninterrupted
ow which the current then had.
1t is not likely that animals would
G landed in any other than the lati-
lde to which they were accustomed.
hey would determine the direction of
ne ark. The pathway OF the ark under
his supposition had a blessing in it.
ctwecn the thirtieth and fortieth
arallels have sprung the great phil
sophers, warriors. statesmen and dis
,verers of the race, including the
avior, ST. Paul, st. John. and the
lurchcs of Asia Minor, -Rep. IL n